ATE94657T1 - OPTICAL DEVICE. - Google Patents

OPTICAL DEVICE.

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ATE94657T1
ATE94657T1 AT88311718T AT88311718T ATE94657T1 AT E94657 T1 ATE94657 T1 AT E94657T1 AT 88311718 T AT88311718 T AT 88311718T AT 88311718 T AT88311718 T AT 88311718T AT E94657 T1 ATE94657 T1 AT E94657T1
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optical device
linear
pulse
waveguide
coupler
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AT88311718T
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David Cotter
Nicholas John Doran
Keith James Blow
David Charles Wood
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British Telecomm
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • G02F1/313—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
    • G02F1/3131—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure in optical fibres
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/3515—All-optical modulation, gating, switching, e.g. control of a light beam by another light beam
    • G02F1/3517—All-optical modulation, gating, switching, e.g. control of a light beam by another light beam using an interferometer
    • G02F1/3519—All-optical modulation, gating, switching, e.g. control of a light beam by another light beam using an interferometer of Sagnac type, i.e. nonlinear optical loop mirror [NOLM]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F3/00—Optical logic elements; Optical bistable devices

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Abstract

An optical device comprises a 50-50 cross-coupler (4) having a pair of ports (10, 12) optically coupled by a waveguide (14) which includes a portion of material (16) having a non-linear refractive index with a relaxation time such that the effect on the non-linear portion (16) of a first pulse passing through the portion last long enough to affect the phase of a second pulse relative to the first. It finds application as a logic element, optical amplifier modulator and the like.
AT88311718T 1987-12-10 1988-12-09 OPTICAL DEVICE. ATE94657T1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB878728854A GB8728854D0 (en) 1987-12-10 1987-12-10 Optical device
EP88311718A EP0320305B1 (en) 1987-12-10 1988-12-09 Optical device

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ATE94657T1 true ATE94657T1 (en) 1993-10-15

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EP (1) EP0320305B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH07109462B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE94657T1 (en)
AU (2) AU605403B2 (en)
CA (1) CA1313467C (en)
DE (1) DE3884161T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2045149T3 (en)
GB (1) GB8728854D0 (en)
WO (1) WO1989005472A1 (en)

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AU605403B2 (en) 1991-01-10
GB8728854D0 (en) 1988-01-27
DE3884161D1 (en) 1993-10-21
JPH02502586A (en) 1990-08-16
EP0320305A1 (en) 1989-06-14
JPH07109462B2 (en) 1995-11-22
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ES2045149T3 (en) 1994-01-16
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